178 NTMPHALID.E. 



210. Elymnias dara, Distant, A. M. N. H. (5) xix, 1887, p. 50. 

 Elymnias albofasciata, Stdgr. Deutsche ent. Zeit., Lep. 1889, p. 39. 

 Elymnias dasdalion, de Niceville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1890, 



p. 202, pi. D, fig. 4 2 ; Moore, Lep. hid. ii, 1893-96, p. 154, pi. 137, 

 figs. 2, 2a, g, 



S • Upper side purplish black ; fore and bind wings with a broad 

 postdiscal white band, oblique on the fore wing, not reaching the 

 dorsum or termen, posteriorly continued by one or two ill-defined 

 separate streaks, curved outwards ; the band is complete on the hind 

 wing from costa to dorsum, with two or three diffuse black spots 

 along its outer margin. Underside : basal half of both fore and 

 hind wing dark purplish brown, crossed by obscure transverse pale 

 short striae ; outer half of both wings white suffused with a very 

 pale lavender tint, and crossed by transverse dark purple-brown 

 striae, getting closer and denser towards the termen ; an ill-defined 

 narrow discal band on the fore wing, and a broader better-defined 

 crescentic discal band on the hind wing without the transverse 

 dark striae. The band on the hind wing bears along its outer margin 

 a curved series of purple-black blue-centred spots. Antennae ochra- 

 ceous ; head, thorax and abdomen brown. Male sex-mark on hind 

 wing only. — $ . Very similar but larger, very much paler on both 

 upper and undersides, the transverse bands broader and pure white. 



Exp. <3 $ 64-70 mm. (2-52-2'8"). 



Hob. Recorded from Burma from within our limits, extending 

 to the Malayan Subregion. 



211. Elymnias mimus, Wood-Mason 8? de Niceidlle, J. A. S. B. 1881, 



r>. 230 ; M. $ de N. Butt. hid. i, 1883, p. 271 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. 

 ii, 1893-96, p. 152, pi. 136, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, <3 $ . 



S . Upperside dark vandyke-brown, terminal margins paler ; 

 hind wing with one or two postdiscal dusky black spots. Underside 

 brighter ; basal two-thirds or more of both fore and hind wing 

 covered with transverse, rather coarse brown striae ; hind wing with 

 the usual subcostal prominent white spot but placed on a black 

 background, and an incomplete series of six oval, lilac-centred, 

 pale-ringed black ocelli, the subapical and subtornal two the 

 largest. — 2 . Similar, but very much paler on both upper and under 

 sides, the terminal margins of both fore and hind wing very broadly 

 dusky white ; on the fore wing the whitish marginal band is bent 

 inwards opposite the apex and crosses to the costa as a compara- 

 tively narrow preapical band. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 in both sexes brown. Male sex-mark on the hind wing only. 



Exp. S 2 70-76 mm. (2-8-3"). 



Hab, The Nicobars and Nias Island. 



212. Elymnias vasudeva, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, 



p. 238 ; M.8r de N. (Dyctis) Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 278, pi. 17, 



fig. 61 cJ; Moore (Mimadelias), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 166, 



pi. 142, tigs. 1, la-lc, 6 2 • 

 Elymnias thycana, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 323, <$ $ . 

 Mimadelias deva et burmensis, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, pp. 167, 



168, pi. 142, figs. 2, 2 a, 6 2 > & P 1 - 143 ; % s - *> 1 a ~ l c , 6 2 • 



